Blogs from Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Europe - page 38

You should arrive in Salzburg: A) after dark B) without a hotel reservation C) during a Mozart year D) with a car E) while battling a cold None of the above! Unfortunately for us, we did all of the above. We had hoped to stay for 2 nights (Thursday and Friday), but quickly learned that 2006 is the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth and so there is no low season. This meant hotels were packed for weekend concerts and there were no rooms to be had on a Friday night. The Old Town area is pedestrian only, many of the streets are one way, and parking is a limited resource. The no-cars area is actually quite large, and extends to both sides of the river. I think we would have liked it quite a bit if ... read more

We spent a night and a day in Salzburg on our way to Vienna from Interlaken. Arriving at the train station, I called and made a reservation at local zimmer that was in Rick Steve's book. The woman on the phone gave me directions, telling me which bus line to take, which stop to get off at, etc. Don't ask me how this happened, but we headed in the exact OPPOSITE direction, finding ourselves totally lost... like geese in a hail storm. After another phone call we finally got back on the track, found the zimmer and checked in, and took the bus to the old town. Salzburg was nice... yet I wouldn't want to live there... it certainly wasn't Paris or Rome, although the old town part was nice. Paraded back and forth until I ... read more

Hi All Firstly thanks for all your comments, we've read and posted them if they appear in the box at the bottom of the journal. Great to hear from you, keep in touch. Well its taken almost 62 years but I've finally seen my first snow! What an incredible day.......2 hours on the train from Salzburg to the beautiful lakeside town of Zell am See then 30 minutes on the 660 bus to the base of the cable car. From there it was cable car to the first staion, open ski lift to the Alpincenter at 2450 metres then another cable car to the summit of Kitzsteinhorn (more than 3000 metres/ 10000ft+). Don't think it was your sort of ride Sally altho I think the Pearson family skiers would love it. I felt quite breathless snow ... read more

Quick Notes: 1. Shout out to Caroline for leaving us fun comments and correcting our music knowledge. She get many European points 2. Austria gets an A from us - good food, lots of meat, great beer, very clean, nice people (even though the reputation is otherwise), fun castles, beautiful mountains, good public transportation....you get the idea. 3. Beer never tastes better than after 10 days in wine country and a 9 hour drive. 4. Did you know that Mozart was from Salzburg (insert huge dose of sarcasm here)??? Because if you didnt, youre reminded about it on every block - visit mozarts birthplace, his early years apartment, his first piano, his first concert hall, his first etc, etc, etc. 5. Editorial notes - in German speaking countries the kezboard is verz different. its crayz. most ... read more

I cannot believe everthing we saw here!! Check out the email for all the details and here are some of the pictures -- there is way too many from Salsburg to put them all up...... read more